What do YOU do on Catobase?

Muppetus Galacticus · 10-03-2004, 04:41 AM

I have used this great program before, but as it was several years into the season it took something out of it. Now I have simmed 10 years of a fictional league (and will do another 10 before taking over a team) and I'm just blown away but what I'm learning!

For example. SP Timothy Sinkler, 5th overall pick in the starting draft. He has won the Picthing Award 7 years out of the 10 played (including the past 5 in a row). Has a career ERA of 2.40, career W/L line of 175/65 and he hasn't walked more than 38 batters in the past 5 seasons. But the one number that leaves me aghast is that he has not given up a single homerun in SIX complete seasons! That's 215 starts. He has never given up a postseason HR either in 26 starts.

I then look to see if his team (Copenhagen) plays in a power hitters park. They do not. But another look at Sinkler's stats shows that in the previous 4 years, he gave up 38 homers with 26 of them at home.

Still only 34, Sinkler and looking at all stats he should be a lock for the HoF (currently scored at 68).

I like to follow the progress of certain teams too. Prague has won 7 division titles in a row (8 throughout history), made the finals 4 times and won 3 times. Whereas Lisbon won 5 division titles in 6 years, reached the LCS only twice (losing both) and now have finished the past two seasons 59-103 and 71-91.

Milan on the other hand finished dead last 4 out of the opening 6 seasons and all of a sudden they win three division titles in a row. It's certainly not because of their 1st overall draft picks as they trade them away. Their success seems to come from the FA pool.

Those are just very small examples as most of you will know. So, do YOU have a player/team/stat you look at as soon as Catobase has finished it's work? What strange things have you discovered?

disposableheros · 10-04-2004, 07:48 PM

i notice that waaaaaaaay too many guys give up 5 or less HR/season for multiple seasons

Deitrus · 10-04-2004, 08:05 PM

I track players history and watch them as they progress throughout their careers. Without going into detail because I could write 50 pages of info on Catobas BUT IMO catobase is truley one of the (if not the best) greatest utilities I have ever used. Thanks jcato.

10-03-2004, 04:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
Muppetus Galacticus All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Where we talk proper English like the Queen innit? Posts: 1,982 Thanks: 159 Thanked 29x in 25 posts	What do YOU do on Catobase? I have used this great program before, but as it was several years into the season it took something out of it. Now I have simmed 10 years of a fictional league (and will do another 10 before taking over a team) and I'm just blown away but what I'm learning! For example. SP Timothy Sinkler, 5th overall pick in the starting draft. He has won the Picthing Award 7 years out of the 10 played (including the past 5 in a row). Has a career ERA of 2.40, career W/L line of 175/65 and he hasn't walked more than 38 batters in the past 5 seasons. But the one number that leaves me aghast is that he has not given up a single homerun in SIX complete seasons! That's 215 starts. He has never given up a postseason HR either in 26 starts. I then look to see if his team (Copenhagen) plays in a power hitters park. They do not. But another look at Sinkler's stats shows that in the previous 4 years, he gave up 38 homers with 26 of them at home. Still only 34, Sinkler and looking at all stats he should be a lock for the HoF (currently scored at 68). I like to follow the progress of certain teams too. Prague has won 7 division titles in a row (8 throughout history), made the finals 4 times and won 3 times. Whereas Lisbon won 5 division titles in 6 years, reached the LCS only twice (losing both) and now have finished the past two seasons 59-103 and 71-91. Milan on the other hand finished dead last 4 out of the opening 6 seasons and all of a sudden they win three division titles in a row. It's certainly not because of their 1st overall draft picks as they trade them away. Their success seems to come from the FA pool. Those are just very small examples as most of you will know. So, do YOU have a player/team/stat you look at as soon as Catobase has finished it's work? What strange things have you discovered? __________________ Population of Pominville - 174 Muga's Sports Replay Blog DICE Hockey - NHL 1962-63 Basho Fury - 1981 Nagoya

10-04-2004, 07:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
disposableheros Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,332 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	i notice that waaaaaaaay too many guys give up 5 or less HR/season for multiple seasons __________________ 2 Wild Cards, 11 Division Champs, 4 League Champs, 3 World Champs, and 3 Best GM awards Baseball Maelstrom - New York Mets - 180-149 .547 Corporate League Baseball - Coke Buzz - 889-649 .578 Western Hemisphere Baseball League - Santiago Saints - 672-793 .459 Record - 2428-2271 .517

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10-04-2004, 08:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Deitrus All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: United States Posts: 535 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	I track players history and watch them as they progress throughout their careers. Without going into detail because I could write 50 pages of info on Catobas BUT IMO catobase is truley one of the (if not the best) greatest utilities I have ever used. Thanks jcato.